Porcelain Hearts Burn Slow

sky was overcast, the wind brisk, but she didn't feel the cold. Her mind kept circling back

id th

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tightened. "

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see him. Not on purpose. But

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him-hungry, hopeful, insecure-an

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turn again, but her body didn't listen. H

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her journal

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